Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 3:12:
- Noongar: “Tax collectors came for baptising and they asked John, ‘Boss, what will we do?'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “Tax collectors also came requesting-to-be-baptized to Yohanes. They asked, they said: ‘Teacher, what must we (excl.) do?'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “There were also people who collected payment (same word as fare for transportation) for the government coming to Yahiya asking to be bathed and they said to him, ‘Sir, we here, what shall we do?'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then the tax collectors came to be baptized also. And they said, ‘Teacher, what does God want that we should do?'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There were also some who collected taxes (henceforth tax collectors) who went to get-baptized. They said, ‘Sir teacher, what must we (excl.) do?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “There were some official receivers of payment to the government who also came there to be baptized also. They asked Juan saying, ‘Well, what about us (excl.), Teacher, what would be good for us to do?'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 2 Peter 2:17:
- Uma: “As for those lying teachers, God has prepared a place for them that is pitch-black. They are like dry wells and like clouds driven by a big wind but that do not send down rain.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The deceiving teachers are like dry wells. They are also like clouds blown/carried by the wind. There is no use in/for their teaching and it does not give good to people. God has already prepared a dwelling place for them in great darkness.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Now as for those people who teach lies, they are like a well that is dried up. They are like a cloud which the wind blows away for they are no good to anyone. God has prepared a very dark place for them in hell.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “These who are teaching what is not true, there is a darkest place that God has prepared for them to stay forever. Because they are compared to a spring that has dried-up or clouds that are blown-along by a swift wind.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “These teachers of lies, they are worthless people. For what they are like is a spring blocked-off-inside and clouds which are useless for they are being driven by the wind. But they will be punished by God in the pitch-black darkness which he has already reserved (for them).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “These men do not do any good whatever. You see a well without water, or a rain cloud that doesn’t rain, thus are their words. These will be punished in deep darkness forever.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 24:24:
- Uma: “Several days from there, Governor Feliks again came, with his wife, her name Drusila. Drusila was a Yahudi. Feliks ordered his soldiers to bring Paulus in front of them so that he could listen to Paulus tell of his faith in Kristus Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After some days Pilik went there together with his wife Durusilla, a Yahudi woman. Pilik commanded that Paul be called and he listened very well while Paul was teaching/preaching about trusting in Isa Almasi.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And several days after that, Felix went there with his wife Drusilla who was a Jew, and he called Paul and he listened to Paul explaining about his faith in Jesus Christ.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When that was so, Felix went somewhere, but it wasn’t long and he returned taking-along his wife who was a Jew who was Drusilla. He had-Pablo -called so they would listen to what he said concerning faith in Cristo Jesus.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “When a few days had passed, Felix arrived again, accompanying him being his wife Drusila. As for that Drusila, she was a Jew. When they arrived there, they had Pablo fetched for they wanted to listen to his explanation concerning his believing-in/obeying Cristo Jesus.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 4:6:
- Noongar: “The Devil said to him, ‘I will give you all these things, great power and wealth. Now I own all this, and I can give everything to the person I want.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “and he said to him: ‘The authority to rule all those kingdoms and all their wealth, I will give it all to you (sing.), because I am the lord of all, and I can give it whomever I want.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “The leader of the demons said to him, ‘I will give you authority so that you can rule over all these countries and their riches. For this has been given/handed over to me and I can give it to whoever I want to.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Satan said, ‘The rule over all these kingdoms and all of this wealth I will give to you. The rule over all of these is given to me, and it’s possible for me also to give it to whom ever I want to.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The Diablo said, ‘I will give you (sing.) the authority to rule-over all those so that their wealth will be yours (sing.). Because all were given to me, and I am able to give them also to whomever I want.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Satanas said, ‘I really will submit to you the control and praiseworthiness/glory of all these kingdoms, for all of them are given to me. Therefore I can give them to whoever I want.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And then the bad man said to him, ‘I will put all these areas with their good things up into your hand. For it’s existing in my hand, and so I’m able to give it to whomever I want.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Kupsabiny (verses 6 and 7): “He told Jesus, ‘If you kneel for me, I will give you the authority to rule all these countries, because I have the authority to give to any one whom I have accepted/chosen.'” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Mairasi: “Then the malevolent spirit said to Yesus: “I will give You the authorities, the many things, everything in this world. Because all of these things I myself have already received then whoever [is in] my throat [to whomever I have in mind], then I will give it to him.” (Source Enggavoter 2004)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 1:9:
- Uma: “If we confess/admit our sin(s), God will fulfill his promise to us, and he will do what is upright: he will forgive our sin(s) and clean us from all our wrongs.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “But if we (dual) confess/say-it’s-true our (dual) sins to God, he forgives our (dual) sins, and he cleanses our (dual) livers from all bad we (dual) do/did. Because this is what God promised and his doing is straight/righteous.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “If we admit our sins to God, it is not possible that He will not forgive us, for He is righteous and faithful to His promise. He will cleanse us from all our behaviour which is not righteous.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But if we confess/admit to God our sins, he will forgive these sins and he will cleanse (gen. word for clean) us from all that is filthy (applied to moral as well as physical filth). He can be trusted to do that and it is moreover correct/proper if that is what he does.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “But if we admit our sins to God, we may be sure that he will forgive us for these, and he will cleanse us from all our evil, because he is wholly truth and really righteous/straight.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “But if we tell God that we have sins, then he will forgive our sins and acquit us from all the evil we have. Because God will do what is proper for him to do, he will forgive us just as he said he would.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “If we confess before God the evil which we are doing, he will forgive our guilt and blot out all the evil we are doing, because he completes (does) what he says and he walks straight (is righteous).”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: But if we tell our sins, God is right, when he forgives us, because Christ paid (for them). And he will clean us of all evil. And in that way God will fulfill what he said.”
- Tzotzil: “God is straight-hearted therefore if plainly we tell him our sins he loses (pardons) our sins for us. He continually washes out all the evil of our hearts. Because it comes to pass that thus he has told us.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
- Candoshi-Shapra: “If we tell our sins to God, He having completely cleansed us, He himself will then be content (will not remember them). For God always has one straight word. For He is one whose character it is to straight.”
- Yanesha’: “If when we admit our sins, our Father completely he forgives on us our sins, completely he erases from us all that is not fitting. He, his words always come to pass, he completely fitting whatever he does, that’s why he forgives us.”
- Aguaruna: “But if we tell (confess) about ourselves, our sins, God forgives us, being so he eradicates all our sin. He completes, also he is good (righteous) being so he eradicates it.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 26:2:
- Uma: “‘King Agripa whom I respect! First I say that I am very fortunate to be able to say my defense to the King, answering all the accusations of the Yahudi people against me.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “‘Sir Agarippa,’ he said, ‘I am very glad because this day I can speak to defend myself here in your presence, concerning the matters that the Yahudi are accusing me of.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “‘King Agrippa, my coming before you today so that I might give my arguments about all the accusations that the Jews have against me give me great joy.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “‘Honored King Agrippa! It’s-a-good-thing that you (sing.) are here today so that it will be possible for me to answer to you (sing.) all that our (du) fellow Jews are-charging-me -with.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “He said, ‘I am happy today, respected King, that I can make my defence in your presence, which is my response to all which I have been accused of by our fellow Jews.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 4:38:
- Noongar: “Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon’s house. The mother of Simon’s wife was very sick and hot, and they told Jesus about her.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
- Uma: “After that, Yesus went out from the house of prayer, going to the house of Simon. At that time, the female parent-in-law of Simon was very sick-with-fever. So they asked Yesus that he please help her.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “After that, Isa went out from the prayer-house and went inside the house of Simon. Simon’s mother in law was sick hep with a bad fever and they asked Isa to heal her.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when Jesus left the church, he went to the house of Simon, and the mother-in-law of Simon was sick and her body was very hot. And they begged Jesus, that He would cure that woman.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “When Jesus then came-out from that church of the Jews, he went to the house of plural Simon. Would-you-believe (discourse particle indicating a new development) Simon’s female parent-in-law, she was extremely hot/feverish, so they asked Jesus to heal her.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “Jesus then went out from that worship-place. He went to the house of Simon. On his arrival, the fever of Simon’s mother-in-law was serious. That’s why they asked Jesus for help for (her).” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations of 1 John 3:2:
- Uma: “Relatives whom I love! At this time we are God’s children. We do not yet really know how our life in the future will be, for it has not yet been been-made-known-to us. But what we do know is: when Kristus comes back again, we also will be like him, for we will see his real appearance.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: “My beloved friends, we (incl.) are already God’s children; we (incl.) have not yet been shown what we (incl.) will become. But we (incl.) know that when Almasi comes back, we (incl.) will become like him because we (incl.) will really see his shape/appearance.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: “My dear friends, we are now friends of God, and we do not yet know what will be the result of our being made children of God. However we know that when Christ returns, our appearance will be then just like his appearance, for then we will see at last His true appearance.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “My friends, we are now God’s children, but we don’t yet properly understand what we will become in a future day, but we do know, granted, that at Cristo’s coming again, we will be like him, because we will clearly see his likeness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: “My dear ones, now we truly are children of God. Only we don’t yet know how our having-bodies will be there. But this is what we are sure of, when Jesu-Cristo returns here, we will then be able to be like him, for we will then see well how he is.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
- Tenango Otomi: “Listen, my dear brethren, now we are the children of God, and not yet do we know very well about how we will be at the end. But we do know that when Jesus Christ comes, then we will become like him, because then we will see his face as it is.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)
- Yatzachi Zapotec: “You people whom I love, now we who trust in Christ are God’s children. And it is not yet seen what we will become like, but we know when Christ will come again we will see him like he is, and he will cause us to become like he is.”
- Eastern Highland Otomi: “Loved-ones, now we are God’s children. And it has not yet been shown to us how we will be like afterwards. But when it appears what we will be like, we know we will be like Christ, because we will be able to see Christ as he really is.”
- Tzotzil: “You whom I love, we have become God’s children. We do not yet know how it is we’ll be/become. We only know that we will become the same as Christ when he comes because we will see him what he is like.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p. 1ff.)
- Candoshi-Shapra: “You whom I love, listen! We are God’s children now. We don’t know-ahead what we will become. When Jesus comes, then we will be like Jesus Himself. For we shall see with our eyes the very Jesus completely.”
- Yanesha’: “My loved ones, now we are our Father, his children, we do not know yet how we will be sometime. However, we know if when he appears again, we thus, we too, like him. We will see him completely how he is.”
- Aguaruna: “Ones I love, now we are God’s children, but yet we do not know how we will again by (live), that; but we know, when Christ shows himself we will be like him, that; because we will see, how he is, that.” (Source for this and two above: Mildred Larson in Notes on Translation, July 1965, p. 1-15)
